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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

15 hours 18 min

Brought to you by Penguin.****ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.< ... Read more

$36.06 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.****ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.<
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Behave

The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

by Robert M Sapolsky ...

Narrated by Michael Goldstrom ...

Unabridged

26 hours 27 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The audiobook edition of Behave by Robert Sapolsky, read by Michael Goldstrom.The New York Times best sellerWinner of the 2017 LA Times Book PrizeWhy do human beings behave as they do?We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over... ... Read more

$31.99 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.The audiobook edition of Behave by Robert Sapolsky, read by Michael Goldstrom.The New York Times best sellerWinner of the 2017 LA Times Book PrizeWhy do human beings behave as they do?We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over...
... Read more
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The Dawn of Everything

A New History of Humanity

by David Graeber, David Wengrow ...

Narrated by Malk Williams ...

Unabridged

24 hours 2 min

Brought to you by Penguin.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a ... Read more

$36.99 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a
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Lifespan

Why We Age – and Why We Don’t Have To

by Dr David A. Sinclair ...

Narrated by Dr David A. Sinclair ...

Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising, scientifically-proven methods that can help readers live younger, longer.For decades, the medical community has looked to a variety of reasons for ... Read more

$45.99 NZD

In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising, scientifically-proven methods that can help readers live younger, longer.For decades, the medical community has looked to a variety of reasons for
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The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins ...

Narrated by Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward ...

Unabridged

13 hours 53 min

The God Delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types.His argument could hardly be more topical. While Europe is becoming increasingly secularized, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the ... Read more

$31.99 NZD

The God Delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types.His argument could hardly be more topical. While Europe is becoming increasingly secularized, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the
... Read more
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Blueprint

How DNA Makes Us Who We Are

by Robert Plomin ...

Narrated by Robert Plomin ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Blueprint written and read by Robert Plomin.The blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1% of DNA that differs between people. Our intellectual capacity, our introversion or extraversion, our vulnerability to mental illness, even whether we are a morning person - all of these aspects of our personality are profoundly shaped by our inherited DNA ... Read more

$22.99 NZD

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Blueprint written and read by Robert Plomin.The blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1% of DNA that differs between people. Our intellectual capacity, our introversion or extraversion, our vulnerability to mental illness, even whether we are a morning person - all of these aspects of our personality are profoundly shaped by our inherited DNA
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From Bacteria to Bach and Back

The Evolution of Minds

by Daniel C. Dennett ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

15 hours 44 min

What is human consciousness and how is it possible? This question fascinates thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers. From Bacteria to Bach and Back is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions, exploring the deep interactions of evolution, brains, and human culture. Part philosophical ... Read more

$58.85 NZD

What is human consciousness and how is it possible? This question fascinates thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers. From Bacteria to Bach and Back is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions, exploring the deep interactions of evolution, brains, and human culture. Part philosophical
... Read more
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A Pocket History of Human Evolution

How We Became Sapiens

by Silvana Condemi, Francois Savatier ...

Narrated by Christa Lewis ...

Unabridged

3 hours 30 min

Why aren't we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how "wise" Homo sapiens really are.Prehistory has never been more exciting: New discoveries are overturning long-held theories left and right. Stone tools in Australia date back 65,000 years—a time when, we once thought, the first Sapiens had barely left Africa. DNA sequencing has unearthed a new hominid group—the ... Read more

$30.99 NZD

Why aren't we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how "wise" Homo sapiens really are.Prehistory has never been more exciting: New discoveries are overturning long-held theories left and right. Stone tools in Australia date back 65,000 years—a time when, we once thought, the first Sapiens had barely left Africa. DNA sequencing has unearthed a new hominid group—the
... Read more
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The Seven Daughters of Eve

The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

by Bryan Sykes ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery ... Read more

$37.99 NZD

One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery
... Read more
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The Science Of Discworld II

The Globe

by Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Terry Pratchett ...

Narrated by Michael Fenton Stevens, Stephen Briggs ...

Unabridged

12 hours 44 min

The acclaimed Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction narrative about Big Science. In The Science of Discworld II our authors join forces again to see just what happens when the wizards meddle with ... Read more

$27.99 NZD

The acclaimed Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction narrative about Big Science. In The Science of Discworld II our authors join forces again to see just what happens when the wizards meddle with
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Eske Willerslev fortæller om kloge neanderthalere, alienkranier og syge vikinger

by Thomas Brunstrøm, Eske Willerslev ...

Narrated by Sonny Lahey ...

Series series Er du rigtig klog
Unabridged

42 min

Vidste du, at alle mennesker – også dig – stammer fra Afrika? At neandertalere slet ikke var så dumme, som man skulle tro? At det er folk fra Mellemøsten, der har lært os at være landmænd? At alle i Danmark engang havde mørk hud? Eller at vikingerne opdagede Amerika mange år før Columbus?Kom med på den vildeste rejse, når professor og DNA-forsker Eske Willerslev fortæller om menneskehedens ... Read more

$15.99 NZD

Vidste du, at alle mennesker – også dig – stammer fra Afrika? At neandertalere slet ikke var så dumme, som man skulle tro? At det er folk fra Mellemøsten, der har lært os at være landmænd? At alle i Danmark engang havde mørk hud? Eller at vikingerne opdagede Amerika mange år før Columbus?Kom med på den vildeste rejse, når professor og DNA-forsker Eske Willerslev fortæller om menneskehedens
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Rutherford and Fry’s Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything

by Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford ...

Narrated by Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

Brought to you by Penguin.'If only Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry were on tap to all of us, all the time . . . The pair have such a gift for making life, numbers and the forces at work in the universe all the richer, stranger, funnier and more marvellous.' Stephen FryIn Rutherford and Fry's comprehensive guidebook, they tell the complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it - ... Read more

$29.99 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.'If only Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry were on tap to all of us, all the time . . . The pair have such a gift for making life, numbers and the forces at work in the universe all the richer, stranger, funnier and more marvellous.' Stephen FryIn Rutherford and Fry's comprehensive guidebook, they tell the complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it -
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3.8 Billion Year Story of Life and Evolution, The

by Ylia Callan ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Chris G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 23 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The 3.8 Billion Year Story of Life and Evolution is a sweeping journey through the deep history of our planet, from the mysterious spark that gave rise to the first cells to the complex web of life that surrounds us today.Spanning billions of years, this story traces the great turning points that shaped life’s destiny: the microbial pioneers that ruled ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The 3.8 Billion Year Story of Life and Evolution is a sweeping journey through the deep history of our planet, from the mysterious spark that gave rise to the first cells to the complex web of life that surrounds us today.Spanning billions of years, this story traces the great turning points that shaped life’s destiny: the microbial pioneers that ruled
... Read more
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How to Be Human

The Manual

by Ruby Wax ...

Narrated by Gelong Thubten, Ash Ranpura, Ruby Wax ...

Unabridged

7 hours 9 min

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How to be Human: The Manual written and read by Ruby Wax with Ash Ranpura and Gelong Thubten.A three way encounter between a Monk, a neuroscientist and Ruby Wax sounds like the set up for a joke. Instead it's produced one of the most fascinating, intriguing and informative books about minds and bodies and brains and mindfulness I've ever encountered. A ... Read more

$27.05 NZD

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How to be Human: The Manual written and read by Ruby Wax with Ash Ranpura and Gelong Thubten.A three way encounter between a Monk, a neuroscientist and Ruby Wax sounds like the set up for a joke. Instead it's produced one of the most fascinating, intriguing and informative books about minds and bodies and brains and mindfulness I've ever encountered. A
... Read more
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Pax and the Journey to New Worlds

Volume 8 of Do Unto Earth

by Penelope Jean Hayes, Carole Serene Borgens ...

Narrated by Penelope Jean Hayes ...

Series Audiobook 8 - The Do Unto Earth Series
Unabridged

2 hours 12 min

Are there other habitable planets within our reach? What will drive propulsion in space for our future interstellar travel? Will friendly extraterrestrials help us to advance the technologies to discover new worlds? Do aliens have sports and do they have a sense of play and humor? All this and more is answered in this extraordinary conversation.Pax self-introduces as the “Divine Universe” and “God ... Read more

$28.39 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are there other habitable planets within our reach? What will drive propulsion in space for our future interstellar travel? Will friendly extraterrestrials help us to advance the technologies to discover new worlds? Do aliens have sports and do they have a sense of play and humor? All this and more is answered in this extraordinary conversation.Pax self-introduces as the “Divine Universe” and “God
... Read more
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The Future of Humankind

Why We Should be Optimistic

by John Hands ...

Narrated by Ralph Lister ...

Unabridged

9 hours 35 min

This is the sequel to the award-winning Cosmosapiens, named Book of the Year by the UK’s Times Literary Supplement and One of the Best Science Books of 2015 by The Telegraph.In his acclaimed Cosmosapiens, renowned scientist John Hands looked back on how we humans evolved from the origin of the universe to the present day. Building on that work, The Future of Humankind: Why We Should Be Optimistic ... Read more

$37.89 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is the sequel to the award-winning Cosmosapiens, named Book of the Year by the UK’s Times Literary Supplement and One of the Best Science Books of 2015 by The Telegraph.In his acclaimed Cosmosapiens, renowned scientist John Hands looked back on how we humans evolved from the origin of the universe to the present day. Building on that work, The Future of Humankind: Why We Should Be Optimistic
... Read more
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Pax and Our Starseeded Origins

Volume 1 of Do Unto Earth

by Penelope Jean Hayes, Carole Serene Borgens ...

Narrated by Penelope Jean Hayes ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Do Unto Earth Series
Unabridged

2 hours 23 min

Is Bigfoot real? Was there a lost continent called Atlantis? What causes navigational anomalies inside the Bermuda Triangle? Are humans actually aliens to Earth? Did ET’s build the Great Pyramids? All this and more is answered in this extraordinary conversation.Pax self-introduces as the “Divine Universe” and “God being” and has important information to share with humanity regarding planetary ... Read more

$28.39 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Is Bigfoot real? Was there a lost continent called Atlantis? What causes navigational anomalies inside the Bermuda Triangle? Are humans actually aliens to Earth? Did ET’s build the Great Pyramids? All this and more is answered in this extraordinary conversation.Pax self-introduces as the “Divine Universe” and “God being” and has important information to share with humanity regarding planetary
... Read more
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A Brief History of Creation

Science and the Search for the Origin of Life

by Bill Mesler, H. James Cleaves ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

10 hours 42 min

How did life begin?It is perhaps the most important question science has ever asked. Over the centuries, the search for an answer has been entwined with some of science’s most revolutionary advances, including van Leeuwenhoek’s microscope, Darwin’s theory of evolution, and Crick and Watson’s unveiling of DNA. Now, in an age of genetic engineering and space exploration, some scientists believe they ... Read more

$37.89 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

How did life begin?It is perhaps the most important question science has ever asked. Over the centuries, the search for an answer has been entwined with some of science’s most revolutionary advances, including van Leeuwenhoek’s microscope, Darwin’s theory of evolution, and Crick and Watson’s unveiling of DNA. Now, in an age of genetic engineering and space exploration, some scientists believe they
... Read more
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Pax and the Crossroads of Our Survival

Volume 4 of Do Unto Earth

by Penelope Jean Hayes, Carole Serene Borgens ...

Narrated by Penelope Jean Hayes ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The Do Unto Earth Series
Unabridged

1 hour 17 min

What happens to the continent of Australia when the bushfires meet the coal in the ground? What does the Spirit World have to say about the state of our environment? Can heavy viral energy masses be seen from space by those who can sense energy? Is it possible to dissolve a cloud using thought power? All this and more is answered in this extraordinary conversation.Pax self-introduces as the ... Read more

$28.39 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

What happens to the continent of Australia when the bushfires meet the coal in the ground? What does the Spirit World have to say about the state of our environment? Can heavy viral energy masses be seen from space by those who can sense energy? Is it possible to dissolve a cloud using thought power? All this and more is answered in this extraordinary conversation.Pax self-introduces as the
... Read more
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Do Elephants Have Knees? and Other Stories of Darwinian Origins

by Charles R. Ault ...

Narrated by Richard Powers ...

Unabridged

10 hours 35 min

What makes a penguin a bird? Is a camel more closely related to a horse than to a giraffe? Why is a whale not a fish? Similar puzzles preoccupied Charles Darwin throughout his life. Whimsy, in the playfulness of stories for children, is a way to appreciate Darwinian histories.In Do Elephants Have Knees? Charles R. Ault Jr. uses the fanciful imagery of story to explain Darwinian thought. At the ... Read more

$37.89 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

What makes a penguin a bird? Is a camel more closely related to a horse than to a giraffe? Why is a whale not a fish? Similar puzzles preoccupied Charles Darwin throughout his life. Whimsy, in the playfulness of stories for children, is a way to appreciate Darwinian histories.In Do Elephants Have Knees? Charles R. Ault Jr. uses the fanciful imagery of story to explain Darwinian thought. At the
... Read more
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When Men Behave Badly

The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault

by David M. Buss ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

“An exceptional book” (Helen Fisher) by a leading evolutionary psychologist and sex researcher that lays out a new theory of sexual conflict, exposing the roots of the dangerous dynamics that underpin men’s predatory behavior — and what can be done to address it.Sexual conflict permeates ancient religions, from injunctions about thy neighbor's wife to the permissible rape of infidels. It is etched ... Read more

$81.64 NZD

“An exceptional book” (Helen Fisher) by a leading evolutionary psychologist and sex researcher that lays out a new theory of sexual conflict, exposing the roots of the dangerous dynamics that underpin men’s predatory behavior — and what can be done to address it.Sexual conflict permeates ancient religions, from injunctions about thy neighbor's wife to the permissible rape of infidels. It is etched
... Read more
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The Genetic Book of the Dead

A Darwinian Reverie

by Richard Dawkins ...

Narrated by Richard Dawkins ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

Bloomsbury presents The Genetic Book of the Dead, written and read by Richard Dawkins.From one of the world’s great science writers, a book that explores the deepest principles of evolutionary history.In this groundbreaking new approach to the evolution of all life, Richard Dawkins shows how the body, behaviour, and genes of every living creature can be read as a book – an archive of the worlds of ... Read more

$36.06 NZD

Bloomsbury presents The Genetic Book of the Dead, written and read by Richard Dawkins.From one of the world’s great science writers, a book that explores the deepest principles of evolutionary history.In this groundbreaking new approach to the evolution of all life, Richard Dawkins shows how the body, behaviour, and genes of every living creature can be read as a book – an archive of the worlds of
... Read more
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A Human History of Emotion

How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know

by Richard Firth-Godbehere ...

Unabridged

11 hours 36 min

How have our emotions shaped the course of human history?And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?We humans like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, who, as a species, have relied on calculation and intellect to survive. But many of the most important moments in our history had little to do with cold, hard facts and a lot to do with feelings. Events ... Read more

$38.99 NZD

How have our emotions shaped the course of human history?And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?We humans like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, who, as a species, have relied on calculation and intellect to survive. But many of the most important moments in our history had little to do with cold, hard facts and a lot to do with feelings. Events
... Read more
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Kings of Their Own Ocean

Tuna and the Future of our Oceans

by Karen Pinchin ...

Narrated by Karen Pinchin ...

Unabridged

9 hours 19 min

This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises and limits of ocean science and the big truth of how our insatiable appetite for bluefin transformed a cottage industry into a global dilemma.In 2004, an enigmatic charter captain named Al Anderson caught and marked one Atlantic bluefin tuna off New England’s coast with a plastic ... Read more

$52.99 NZD

This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises and limits of ocean science and the big truth of how our insatiable appetite for bluefin transformed a cottage industry into a global dilemma.In 2004, an enigmatic charter captain named Al Anderson caught and marked one Atlantic bluefin tuna off New England’s coast with a plastic
... Read more

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